Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Geo[rge] W. Stewart
Transcription
Martinez, Feb. 28, 1902
Mr Geo. W. Stewart,
Pres't. Mr Whitney Club,
Dear Sir, I heartily sympathize with you in your efforts to clear up confusion of names in the Sierra Though one of the first to explore the wilds of the High Sierra, the only name in your region that i am responsible for is the "Giant Forest of the Kaweah" named some some 27 years ago But lately some of the numbers of our club have been sowing names thick & fast too often without due regard to names long l[illegible]ally in use. This confusion will not be settled until the maps of the Geological Survey of the Sierra are completed. The survey is working southward. The last
sheet completed is I think the Yosemite region one. In the meantime it may be well to send the information collected by your committee to our secretary, William E. Colby, Mills Building (Eighth Floor) San Francisco. You might correspond also with Prof. Joseph N. Le Conte Berkeley Cal. who has done most of the club map work. But the most influential man in this matter is Henry Gannett, chairman of National Committee on geographic names. & chief U.S. topographer. His address is U.S. Geological Survey Washington D.C. A good time to talk over this matter would be next summer during our club outing in Kings River Canon. With best wishes Ever Truly Yrs John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1902 Feb 28
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Geo[rge] W. Stewart, 1902 Feb 28." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4617.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4617
Resource Identifier
muir12_0231-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0231
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
